Page 42 of Guarding the Doctor
“Still no word from Yuri or Darla?” she asked.
“No, I’m starting to get worried.”
“Let me call Lois and see if either of them has checked in,” she said, coming inside and shutting the door behind her.
She pressed a button, then put the phone to her ear. “Hey Lois, do you know the status of Darla and Yuri?”
Martha’s eyes shot in my direction before she said, “Mm hmm, yeah I understand… can’t you just drive on the shoulder or something and go around the wreck?”
She winced and held the phone away from her ear as Lois yelled loud enough that I could hear it.
“Okay, I’ll keep an eye on them until you get here. Yes, I understand.”
“What did she say?” I asked.
“Yuri’s boss sent him to the lab, and he never came back. Darla went after him, but now she’s not answering her comms either. Lois is on her way with a team, but there’s some big crash on I-5 and they can’t get out of it.”
“We need to find them before something bad happens,” I said.
Martha shook her head. “No, we wait here for the team.”
“What is going on here?” Stacy demanded. “Kathryn, tell me everything now. Is Yuri in danger?”
Someone knocked on the door, interrupting us. “Dr. O’Brian, Stacy, you’re done. The next shift is here.”
We thanked the clerk, and once she left, I told Stacy the whole story. As she listened, her eyes filled with tears.
“Poor Seth, he was such a good guy and so devoted to his little girls.”
“He was the best,” I agreed.
Her spine straightened, a determined expression on her face.
“So we’re dealing with an evil doctor working for the Chinese government and her army of rogue shifters? And they probably have Yuri and Darla.”
“Yes.”
“We have to do something,” she said firmly. “We can’t just stand here while those assholes are doing God knows what to the people we love.”
I nodded, letting her know I agreed, then I sent Martha a determined look. “I’m going down there to see if I can help, with or without you.”
“Me too,” Stacy said.
“No. Absolutely not,” Martha said. “Lois will kill me if I take civilians into a dangerous situation.”
“Well Lois isn’t here, is she?” I asked. “I’m not willing to risk my mate because of a traffic jam. Besides, I’ve got an idea. I just need to get my purse.”
Ten minutes later Stacy and I stood at the main door to Dr. Xi’s lab, Martha waiting around the corner. I knocked, and a guy I’d never seen before opened the door, looking at me like I was a speck of dirt under his shoe.
“Yes?”
I pushed myself up to my full height. “I’m Dr. Kathryn O’Brian, I’m here to see Dr. Xi please.”
“And you are?” He lifted his eyebrows, as his gaze traveled over Stacy, his gaze lingering at her breasts for a long moment.
“My eyes are up here, buddy,” she snapped. “My name is Stacy, I work with Dr. O’Brian.”
“Hold on.”
